About Jon Felperin - Jon Felperin, M.A., a native of Los Angeles, California, is a professional educator, Police Trainer, and former Instructor at the San Francisco Police Academy. For five years he was International Business English Instructor at UC Berkeley in conjunction with the Haas Business School. Prior to that position, he spent a total of six years overseas: three years in Japan studying Japanese Trade Law at Hokkaido National University and training in the martial art of Daito Ryu Aiki Jujitsu; and three years in Ecuador, South America, where he trained military and national police, and introduced the PR-24 (side handle baton) into that country.
A high-ranking black belt with over 30 years of experience, Jon specializes in the application of Police Defensive Tactics including weapons retention, disarming, tactical ground fighting, multiple assailant defense, edged weapons defense, and the use of impact weapons. He attended the San Francisco Citizen Police Academy and the Fullerton College Regional Police Academy based in Orange County, California. In April, 2003, and again in July, 2004, Jon led a group of five Law Enforcement Trainers to Cancun, Mexico, for a week of Officer Survival Training including high-risk felony stops; crime-in-progress, tactical entry and riot control.
Together with an LAPD Sergeant, Jon created The Center for Law Enforcement and Security Training (CLEST), which is located at The Martial Arts Institute based in Northridge, CA. The Center is now on-line at
http://www.ACareerInLawEnforcement.com .
Recently, Jon has become concerned with the difficulties that agencies across the country are having with recruitment, selection, and retention of new officers. Early retirement, rising educational standards, and declining literacy levels are shrinking the qualified candidate pool. Only about 3% of all applicants successfully complete the testing, academy, and field training stages. In fact, as many as 75 candidates are needed to fill every one position!
To help combat the problem, Jon is an active member of the National Partnership for Careers in Public Safety and Security which fosters the development of high school career academies specializing in Public Safety, Law Enforcement, and Security careers. There are over 900 academies of this type in the United States. He also writes a monthly column for PoliceOne.com. Jon is an active member of both CALSAGA and ASIS International.
One of Jon's newest programs, Advancing Women in Law Enforcement, is a non-profit training program aimed at encouraging more women to consider careers in criminal justice.
Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley Chooses CLEST to be Process Leader
The Center for Law Enforcement and Security Training has been chosen by the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley to be Process Leader for a series of training courses aimed at creating security career ladders. These courses include: a TSA Airline Screener Preparation Course, the Safe and Secure LA Initiative and Pierce College's Homeland Security Career and Guard Certification Program.
